Off my '10 Flash 29er, I noticed a bit of stiction from my fork, like the action is becoming less smooth.

I recently rebuilt my damping cartridge when the plastic top cap had come loose, which affected the damping and the lockout.

What could the stiction be from? And the solution?

Can't answer the q about stiction. But have to comment on the failure. I had the exact same issue about 5 weeks after getting a brand new DLR. Noticed my lockout stopped working and I had a boot full of oil.

Lucky for me I bought all the tools to work on the fork. I took the dampener out and the white cap at the top was completely loose. I suspect it was loose from the factory and each time I enabled/disabled my lockout it probably backed it out a tiny bit each time until it came completely loose.

Must say I wasn't impressed. My take was it wasn't torqued correctly at the factory. But reading you had the same issue I'm wondering if this is a common problem and it can re-occur. Can anybody who knows DLR's chime in - is this something than can happen repeatedly and should we torque the white piece on the dampener when we reset the bearings?